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AN ancillary of Hong Kong's renewed industrial boom is the gradual closing of the gulf between rich and poor. The salaries which professional men and skilled workers now command have brought a new and increasing middle- class population which was unknown ten years ago.
A consequence of this development is that there is now a very much wider section of the community that expects and demands housing of a reasonably high improved standard. The so-called 'European-style' or 'luxury class' apart- ment is no longer exclusive to the colony's temporary residents and it is this situation that makes the need for private apartments more pressing.
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In recent years there has been very little residential construction aimed at Hong Kong's middle income group, and it was with considerable foresight that Mei Foo Investments Ltd. a joint venture of Mobil Oil Corporation, Galbreath-Ruffin Corporation and Turner Construction Co. decided five years ago to build on its Lai Chi Kok site high-density, but high standard, flats for sale at between HK$30,000 and HK$120,000.
PARTMENT STORE
MEI FOO INVESTMENTS LTD.
GALBREATH - RUFFIN CORP.
TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO.
WONG & TUNG & ASSOCIATES
J. ROGER PRESTON & PARTNERS
LANGDON EVERY & SEAH
The apartments vary in size from one-bedroom to four-bedroom units and are occupied by families from four to 12 persons with the average estimat- ed at 6.5 per unit. At the early plan- ning stage the developers estimated ning stage the developers estimated that a family income would probably range from HK$900 to $3,000 per
month.
World's largest
To develop the 36-acre site in such a way requires a construction invest- ment of some HK$600 million, which makes Mei Foo Sun Chuen the world's
developers
project managers
construction managers architects and engineers
mechanical and electrical consultants
quantity surveyors
largest residential condominium.
For Hong Kong, it is the first pri- vate development to be built as a self- contained community. In providing ac- commodation and complete services - shops, open space and recreational facilities for a population of almost 80,000, it is a private sector parallel to the Housing Authority's Wah Fu Estate (Far East Builder, March 1970). A central feature of its layout is an elevated podium which provides free- dom of movement to pedestrians above major roads, parking and service drives.
Purchasers in Stage I and II of the
CONTRACTORS & SUPPLIERS FOR MEI FOO SUN CHUEN, STAGES I & II
STAGE II
FOUNDATION
STAGE I
Franki Piling (HK) Ltd.
GENERAL CONTRACTORS
IA & IC -Hsin Chong & Co., Ltd.
-John Lok & Partners
IB
Gammon, Franki Piling & Intrusion Prepakt
IIA - Hsin Chong & Co., Ltd.
IIB Sun Foo Kee
ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION & DISTRIBUTION
Jardine Eng. Corp. Ltd.
PLUMBING-SECTION A
Lee Yu Kee Ltd.
Gilman Ltd.
GE
T- $4
4 LEVEL PARKING (UNDER PODIUM DECK)
BUS DEPOT
Jardine Eng. Corp. Ltd. (and main fresh water supply)
PLUMBING SECTION B & LPG DISTRIBUTION
Tung On Plumbing Co. Ltd.
LIFTS
Ryoden Electric Eng.
COMMERCIAL AIR CONDITIONING
Tung On Plumbing Co. Ltd.
Ryoden Electric Eng.
Jardine Eng. Corp. Ltd.
7-57
24 LANE BOWLING CENTER (UNDER PODIUM DECK)
1800 SEAT CINEMA (UNDER PODIUM DECK)
BIL OIL HONG KONG LIMITED
BULK PLANT
NOMINATED SUB-CONTRACTORS
Aluminium windows & mail boxes
Petman Ltd.
Roofing: Precast Products Ltd.
Precast terrazzo: Vannini Construction Co.
NOMINATED SUPPLIERS
Electrical lighting fixtures
Jardine Eng. Corp. Ltd. & Gilman
Hardware
Lee Yu Kee & Wing Heng Trading Co.
Wash basins & W.C.s: Acme Co.
Brass ware: Lap Shing Co.
Refuse chutes: Allied Concrete Ltd.
Stainless steel sinks: Dreyer Co., Ltd.
Ventilation equipments: GEC-AEI. Site drainage: Allied Concrete Ltd.
Ready mix concrete: Pioneer
Reinforcing:
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Petman Ltd. Dreyer Co., Ltd.
Lee Yu Kee & Wing Heng Trading Co.
Acne Co.
Lap Shing Co.
Hutchison
GEC-AEI
Pioneer
Shun Fung
Far East BUILDER, May 1970
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